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Dean Koontz
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The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x's: weeks off list)


All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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posted 28 December 2005

Jonathan Stroud's Ptolemy's Gate (Miramax), third in the "Bartimaeus Trilogy" (following The Amulet of Samarkand and The Golem's Eye), debuts on 2 Amazon lists this week, those for US and Canada. (Despite some listings for the book as a January or even February '06 publication, it's in stores now.)

The boxed set of C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia (HarperTrophy) reaches #1 this week on USA Today combined list of all books, after several weeks of creeping higher and higher; it's also reached #1 on New York Times list of children's bestsellers. The second individual title, The Magician's Nephew, debuted on that list a few weeks ago; the third title in the series, The Horse and His Boy, debuts this week, at #142.

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Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.01
WP
12.25
SFC
12.25
USAT
12.18
PW
12.19
(ch 12.12)
Amz
(12.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.28)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed   30x5 10x4 30x3 150 15x5 100 100 10x4 100
Hardcovers
Funke, Dragon Rider 08.16.04 / 71 9 -2     xxx..   xxx..     xxx..
Funke, Inkspell 09.06.05 / 15 3 =     113 -11   x     x
Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes 10.11.05 / 12 27 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xx   xxx     66 -33
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go 04.12.05 / 21 xxx..   xxx.. xxx..   99 -29     x
Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (UK) 02.22.05 / 16             59 +23   xxx..
Jordan, Knife of Dreams 08.16.05 / 20 18 = xxx.. xxx.. 127 -24   78 +17     x
Jordan, Knife of Dreams (UK) 09.06.05 / 17             xxx.. 10 =  
King, Cell 12.13.05 / 3           36 +48     49 ++
Koontz, Forever Odd 11.29.05 / 5 6 +2 9 -1   36 -10 [ 5 ] xx      
Kostova, The Historian 06.14.05 / 29 19 -2 xxx.. xxx.. 145 +   41 +15     xx
Luceno, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader 12.06.05 / 4 23 -4 xxx   x          
Maguire, Son of a Witch 09.20.05 / 15 12 = xxx.. xx 68 -3 [ 12 ] x     xxx..
Martin, A Feast for Crows 02.23.03 / 39 20 -5 xxx 10 + 130 -33 [ 13 ] 71 +25     39 +25
Martin, A Feast for Crows (UK) 09.06.05 / 11             73 + xxx..  
Paolini, Eldest 03.01.05 / 43 1 =   xxx.. 33 =   95 -24 xx   x
Paolini, Eldest (UK) 09.20.05 / 14               4 =  
Pratchett, Thud! (UK) 05.24.05 / 30             76 -49 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 12.20.04 / 54     xxx 18 -4   16 +1      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (UK) 12.27.04 / 52             49 -12 5 =  
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (CANADA) 12.20.04 / 52                 14 -2
Stroud, The Ptolemy's Gate 12.27.05 / 1           63 ++     75 ++
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.01
WP
12.25
SFC
12.25
USAT
12.18
PW
12.19
(ch 12.12)
Amz
(12.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.28)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Crichton, State of Fear 11.08.05 / 8 6 -2 6 -1   28 -4 [ 3 ]       xxx
Funke, Inkheart [tpb] 05.31.05 / 28 4 =     xxx..          
Funke, The Thief Lord 09.28.03 / 72 10 +     xxx..         xxx..
Goodkind, Chainfire 12.13.05 / 3 25 -2     x [ 14 ]        
King, The Colorado Kid 10.18.05 / 10 30 + xxx..   xxx          
King, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower [tpb] 11.15.05 / 4 xxx..     xxx..         78 +
Koontz, Life Expectancy 11.08.05 / 8 12 -4 xxx..   67 -5 [ 11 ]        
Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia Boxed Set 12.21.03 / 32 1 +1     1 +1   3 -2     5 +1
Lewis, The Horse and His Boy 12.27.05 / 1       142 ++          
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 06.14.05 / 28 2 -1     4 =          
Lewis, The Magician's Nephew 11.29.05 / 5       24 +5          
Maguire, Wicked [tpb] 06.15.03 / 110 7 = 5 +2 xxx 20 +5 [ 6 ] 35 +2     xxx..
Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (UK) [tpb] 01.04.05 / 51             4 +5    
Paolini, Eragon [tpb] 05.10.05 / 34 3 =   xxx.. 46 +9          
Pratchett, Going Postal (UK) 10.04.05 / 12             95 +    
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 80 +7          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [tpb] 08.11.02 / 152 xxx..   xxx.. 59 -1          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [tpb] 07.05.04 / 78 xxx..   xxx.. 47 +7   xxx..      
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [tpb] 06.17.01 / 178 xxx..   xxx.. 114 +20          
Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [tpb]   xxx..   xxx.. 58 +8   xxx..      
Zafon, The Shadow of the Wind [tpb] 02.08.05 / 43 xxx..   3 = xxx..          
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
01.01
WP
12.25
SFC
12.25
USAT
12.18
PW
12.19
(ch 12.12)
Amz
(12.28)
UK:
Amz UK
(12.28)
Australia:
Dymocks
(12.28)
Canada:
Amz.ca
(12.28)
This cell color indicates rankings on children's bestsellers lists This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales [Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data -- rankings from one or more weeks before -- and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]
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